<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hey all,<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve spoken with a couple of you (Tom &amp; Miloh), whom thought this would be a good idea. Hence the initiative.</div>

<div>Not yet reached the min 5 people, so if you do have an interest in mediation then let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>You get</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</span>- Individual &amp; Group Conflict resolution tools &amp; techniques</div>

<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</span>- Basic Training in nonviolent communication and violence de-escalation</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</span>- An intro to negotiation techniques, strategies and the conflict life-cycle (this is also good for business by the way)</div>

<div><br></div><div>..The course will be free (of course), hands-on, drawing from everyday cases, and last 2-3 hours depending on how many we are.</div><div><br></div><div>At the end of the course I can also point you towards further materials I have from the UN Disaster Management Training Programme, The Nonviolent Peaceforce (Brussels), HumanDHS, Norwegian Peace Alliance, etc.</div>

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<br></div><div><div><div><div>On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:07 PM, Espen Sivertsen wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>
In lieu of [Drama], would anyone be interested in an evening course on how to use nonviolent language and mediate conflicts?</div><div><br></div><div>Outside of my day-to-day prototyping experiments, I&#39;ve done a bit of this, mediating individual, group and (even) gang conflicts in England, Norway, Denmark, China, South Africa and Singapore. I&#39;ve also grown up in a family heavily involved in peace and reconciliation work in Azerbadjan, Uzbekistan and Palestine.</div>

<div><br></div><div>My approach is basically a mix of Marshall Rosenberg, Johan Galtung, and Human Dignity and Humiliation studies - with a dash of Machiavelli to add.</div><div><br></div><div>Drop me a line if you are interested - if I get 5-10 people I will make it happen.</div>